Born to a large impoverished family, Dion emerged as a teen star in the French-speaking world after her manager and future husband René Angélil mortgaged his home to finance her first record. In 1990, she released the anglophone album Unison, establishing herself as a viable pop artist in North America and other English-speaking areas of the world.
Dion had first gained international recognition in the 1980s by winning both the 1982 Yamaha World Popular Song Festival and the 1988 Eurovision Song Contest.Following a series of French albums in the early 1980s, she signed on to CBS Records Canada in 1986. During the 1990s, with the help of Angélil, she achieved worldwide fame after signing with Epic Records and releasing several English albums along with additional French albums, becoming one of the most successful artists in pop music history. However, in 1999 at the height of her success, Dion announced a temporary retirement from entertainment in order to start a family and spend time with her husband, who had been diagnosed with cancer.She returned to the top of pop music in 2002 and signed a three-year (later extended to almost five years) contract to perform nightly in a five-star theatrical show at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas.
After performing in 25 countries during the Taking Chances World Tour which ended in February 2009 (one year after it began) she took another 2 year hiatus, focusing on expanding her family. After 6 in-vitro tries she gave birth to twin boys Nelson and Eddy in October 2010. In the meantime she announced her return to Vegas, her new show simply named "Céline" premièred on March 15th 2011 to spectacular reviews by media and audience.
Dion's music has been influenced by genres ranging from rock and R&B to gospel and classical. While her releases have often received mixed critical reception, she is renowned for her technically skilled and powerful vocals. Dion is the best selling Canadian artist of all time; and her album D'eux is the best selling francophone album of all time. Dion is regarded as one of pop music's most influential voices. Linda Lister describes Dion as a reigning Queen of Pop for her influence over the record industry during the 1990s. On a cultural level, Dion is credited for introducing francophone music to many non-francophone countries around the globe. Dion is also credited for both revitalizing and revolutionizing the entertainment scene in Las Vegas with the gargantuan successes of her residencies there. She managed to re-popularize the Las Vegas "residency" as a desirable way for top artists to essentially tour in place, letting their fans come to them. Over the years, fellow established icons such as Britney Spears, Elton John, Bette Midler, Rod Stewart, Cher and Shania Twain followed suit.
Du soleil au cœur
Céline Dion Lyrics
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Par un matin de mai
Et du premier jour
J'ai su que je l'aimais
Vous allez sourire
Il m'a semblé que j'avais
Du soleil au cœur
Du soleil au cœur
Qui brillait dans ma vie
Le temps a passé
Si bien que je ne sais
Si on s'est connus
Un jour ou une année
Mais je peux vous dire
Que j'ai encore aujourd'hui
Du soleil au cœur
Du soleil au cœur
Comme au jour
De notre premier jour
Je me dis souvent
Pour combien de temps
Encore un moment
Ou cent mille ans
Tant que je vivrai
Jamais je n'oublierai
L'émerveillement
De ce matin de mai
Tout au fond de moi
Je sais que j'aurai toujours
Du soleil au cœur
Du soleil au cœur
Quand mon cœur
Un jour s'arrêtera
In Celine Dion's song Du soleil au cœur, the singer sings about meeting someone special on a May morning and falling in love with them from the first day. She describes feeling like she had sunshine in her heart when he entered her life. The passing of time doesn't diminish her feelings, and she still feels like she has sunshine in her heart even today. The singer wonders how long she will feel this way and thinks about the possibility of the feeling lasting forever. She concludes that she will always have sunshine in her heart, even when her life ends.
The lyrics of this song evoke feelings of love, joy, and happiness, using the metaphor of sunshine to represent the warmth and light that another person brings into one's life. This song is about falling in love, but it's also about cherishing that love and holding onto it, for as long as one lives.
Du soleil au cœur is a beautiful example of a love song that's both sincere and optimistic. It reminds us of the transformative power of love and the importance of appreciating our loved ones while we have them.
Line by Line Meaning
Il est arrivé
He arrived
Par un matin de mai
On a morning in May
Et du premier jour
And from the first day
J'ai su que je l'aimais
I knew that I loved him
Vous allez sourire
You will smile
Il m'a semblé que j'avais
It seemed to me that I had
Du soleil au cœur
Sunshine in my heart
Du soleil au cœur
Sunshine in my heart
C'étrait lui
It was him
Qui brillait dans ma vie
Who shone in my life
Le temps a passé
Time has passed
Si bien que je ne sais
So well that I don't know
Si on s'est connus
If we met
Un jour ou une année
One day or one year
Mais je peux vous dire
But I can tell you
Que j'ai encore aujourd'hui
That I still have today
Du soleil au cœur
Sunshine in my heart
Du soleil au cœur
Sunshine in my heart
Comme au jour
Like on the day
De notre premier jour
Of our first day
Je me dis souvent
I often tell myself
Pour combien de temps
For how long
Encore un moment
Just a moment longer
Ou cent mille ans
Or a hundred thousand years
Tant que je vivrai
As long as I live
Jamais je n'oublierai
I will never forget
L'émerveillement
The wonder
De ce matin de mai
Of that May morning
Tout au fond de moi
Deep down inside me
Je sais que j'aurai toujours
I know that I will always have
Du soleil au cœur
Sunshine in my heart
Du soleil au cœur
Sunshine in my heart
Quand mon cœur
When my heart
Un jour s'arrêtera
Stops one day
Lyrics © BUDDE MUSIC FRANCE
Written by: Andre Popp, Jean-Claude Massoulier, Eddy Marnay
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